《延禧攻略》累计下载量达150亿次，这将不是最后一部火起来的宫斗剧。

With 15bn cumulative downloads, this will not be the last of its kind.

很多中国人可能会嘲笑意图从《延禧攻略》或是最近大热的清宫剧《如懿传》学习政治的人。

Many Chinese might mock attempts to extract political lessons from Yanxi Palace or other recent Qing dramas drawing huge audiences, such as Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace.

《延禧攻略》反复出现的主题是紫禁城是一个宫规森严的地方，但这种规则阻止了混乱的发生。

A recurring theme of Yanxi Palace is that the Forbidden City is a place of harsh rules, but that rules keep chaos at bay.

《延禧攻略》的主角乾隆，就是一位无足轻重的角色：一位严厉的独裁者为嫔妃们伤透了脑筋。

The leading man in Yanxi Palace, Qianlong, is something of a cipher: a stern autocrat who finds his harem a chore.